Imagine this, it is the week of Christmas, and your furnace goes out. Now I do have a home warranty and I called and did not think that a company would come out on Christmas Eve, but Douglas Mechanical did, I was surprised when they scheduled a tech to come out on Christmas Eve. Josh showed up about 11:00 am and diagnosed the issue, the control board was not working because my unit was not turning on. It was Monday or Tuesday after Christmas that my warranty company called me to inform me that they were going to replace the furnace, they also needed to go over the additional charges that I needed to cover. When I first purchased my home, I had a different home warranty company who covered the other furnace replacement full cost (I should tell you I have 2 units) So I was surprised that I was being presented with a bill for $1,400.00. Now when I signed up with this warranty company, I told them I wanted the same coverage as I had with my other home warranty company which was like platinum where everything was covered. So, I was not incredibly happy that I did not have coverage. A week went by, and I did not hear anything, so I called the home warranty company to get the status. They told me that I had not given my authorization, I told them I spoke to a representative a week ago they told me they would have Douglas contact me. I spoke to a dispatcher, who explained what was going on, at this point, I was not in a good right of mind, because she said they would have to source my furnace. Wait you are a heating a cooling contractor, so I wanted to speak to a manager, she was able to put me in contact with a manager who explained how all this worked, I was going to get builders closeout, (not what I wanted) I do not want to have to deal with this issue again.
Jared and I spoke for at least a good half hour if not more, I explained my concerns and he understood. I asked about replacing the entire system, Furnace, Air Conditioning, Air Cleaner, UV Cleaner. Jared told me he would get back to me within the hour. Within half an hour I had 4 options to pick from. Since these systems are the heart and soul of a house, I went with the most energy-efficient system along with all the other items that I wanted. Jared could have also had the system installed on Saturday, but I waited until Monday morning. His team was here right at 9:00 AM and had the entire system installed by 12:30 or 1:00 PM the latest.
If I could give Jared and his team ten platinum stars for customer service, I would recommend Douglas Mechanical to anyone and everyone. I have already started to tell my co-workers about them, so when they have issues, they will be calling. I am planning to replace the other system the other warranty company replaced in 2019 in March and Douglas Mechanical will be doing the installation. They are a great company to work with. read more